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  • Wednesday, January 7, 2026
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    JEN Registration Open
  • 10:00 AM - 10:25 AM CST
    Expanding Artistry & Musical Practice Through Lineage: A Descendant's Auto-ethnographic Tracing Back To Professor James Brown Humphrey
  • 10:30 AM - 10:55 AM CST
    The Resilience of the New York City Jazz Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 11:00 AM - 11:25 AM CST
    Modernist Jazz: The Compositional Devices of the Dave Brubeck Octet
  • 11:30 AM - 11:55 AM CST
    Comparing Jelly Roll Morton’s Sheet Music and Autograph Manuscripts
  • 12:00 PM - 12:25 PM CST
    A Modern Creole Serenade: Functions of Creole Identity in the Development of Jazz in New Orleans
  • 12:30 PM - 12:55 PM CST
    Demystifying Left Hand Comping
  • 1:00 PM - 1:25 PM CST
    CANCELLED: The Korean Tinge: Receiving and Reimagining African Diasporic Jazz in Postwar South Korea
  • 1:30 PM - 1:55 PM CST
    Lessons From the Other Side of the World: What I Learned From Teaching Jazz in China
  • 2:00 PM - 2:25 PM CST
    But Can She Play?
  • 2:30 PM - 2:55 PM CST
    The Evolution of Mentorship and Advocacy Organizations for Women in Jazz
  • 3:00 PM - 3:25 PM CST
    Global Jazz Fusion: World Music Influences on American Jazz from the 1970s through the turn of the 21st Century
  • 3:30 PM - 3:55 PM CST
    Bennie Green: A Unique Voice in Jazz Trombone
  • 4:00 PM - 4:25 PM CST
    Full Circle: Afro-Caribbean rhythms in New Orleans, and North American music influence on the Dominican Republic music.
  • 4:30 PM - 4:55 PM CST
    Transcription as a Creative Act - Geri Allen, Eric Dolphy, and Retrospective Collaboration
  • 5:00 PM - 5:25 PM CST
    Scott LaFaro's Collaborative Accompaniment Techniques: Methods For Improvised Ensemble Interplay
  • 5:30 PM - 5:55 PM CST
    Reharmonizing Guitar Education: Jazz Meets Popular Music
  • 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM CST
    JEN Registration Open
  • 6:30 PM - 7:20 PM CST
    AAJC New Orleans All Star Youth Jazz Orchestra & Outreach Program
  • 8:10 PM - 9:00 PM CST
    The Live Performing Arts Academy Big Band w/Dave Pietro
  • 9:00 PM - 12:00 AM CST
    2026 Presidents Service Award
  • 9:10 PM - 10:00 PM CST
    CANCELLED: Rachel Therrien Latin Jazz Project - Presents Mi Hogar Vol II.
  • 9:10 PM - 10:00 PM CST
    RESCHEDULED: Ted Nash Big Band
  • 10:10 PM - 11:00 PM CST
    A Tuba To Cuba Live presented by Preservation Hall Foundation
  • 11:30 PM - 1:30 AM CST
    PRO JAM Network Hang!
  • 11:59 PM - 1:30 AM CST
    JJF JAM: Advanced
  • 11:59 PM - 1:30 AM CST
    JJF JAM: Intermediate
  • 11:59 PM - 1:30 AM CST
    JJF JAM: Novice